This coming Tuesday, May 19 is the Liberty Brew & View movie about mountain top removal mining methods.
"Burning the Future: Coal in America."
Tuesday, May 19. Movie begins at 7:00. Doors open at 6:30.
City Nights Theater, Capital City Bar & Grill, 3149 S Dirksen Pkwy
Food and beverages will be available for purchase.
The next program for the Sierra Club Sangamon Valley Group is a
presentation about mining in Illinois by Sierra Club's state
conservation chair Joyce Blumenshine. Tuesday, May 26, 7:00 pm, in the
North Carnegie Room of the Springfield Public Library at 326 S. 7th
St.
What is a West Virginia Coal Company doing in Illinois? Did you know that 200,000 acres, including some of the best farmland in the state, is at risk from Longwall Mining within one hour of Springfield? Longwall Mining removes the entire coal seam and the land surface then subsides or sinks, often four to five feet. Flat ag land productivity, property values, and water resources are at risk.
If you have ever watched a 'clean coal' advertisement or if you think that coal should be an option for our energy future, please attend this program ! You will see and hear the low-down, down to the very ground, to show you what coal mining does to land and water resources. From the blasting of mountains in Appalachia to the current threat of Longwall Mining of Illinois flat farmlands, this program will show you the dirty truth about coal and why there is no such thing as 'clean coal.'